Photos of car-free Jerusalem and the kapparot ritual before Yom Kippur
- Jerusalem’s streets were free of cars as Israelis observed Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar.
- People observed Yom Kippur with fasting and prayer.
- Some people took part in kapparot, a traditional atonement ritual involving a chicken, before Yom Kippur.
- A man rode a bicycle along a car-free main road in Jerusalem on Monday, September 21, 2026, during Yom Kippur.
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The Toronto Star
Photos of car-free Jerusalem and the kapparot ritual before Yom Kippur
JERUSALEM (AP) — Jerusalem’s streets emptied of cars as Israelis observed Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. Some took part in kapparot, a traditional atonement ritual involving a chicken, before the day of fasting and prayer.
Closures disrupt Palestinian movement into Jerusalem as Israeli forces deploy heavily across the city
Ramallah: On Sunday evening, the Israeli army imposed a curfew on more than 2,500 Palestinians in several neighborhoods in the center of Hebron, in the southern West Bank, coinciding with the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. Aref Jaber, a member of the Human Rights Defenders Group, said that “a strict curfew was imposed on the Jaber, Salaymeh, and Wadi al-Haseen neighborhoods under the pretext of Jewish holidays.” Jaber explained […]
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